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Iran Navy gets ''faster more agile'' destroyer
(MENAFN- Arab News) TEHRAN: Iran''s Navy took delivery Monday of what a top admiral said was a ''faster and more agile'' domestically produced destroyer which will be used in the Caspian Sea.
The ship named Damavand after the country''s highest mountain is 90 meters long weighs 1300 tons and is armed with cruise missile systems torpedoes and electronic warfare equipment.
As state television showed pictures of the ship Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said it would be used to aid anti-drugs smuggling operations and counter-terrorism.
The Caspian the largest enclosed sea in the world is bordered by Iran Russia Azerbaijan Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan but there is as yet no definitive legal regime governing its waters.
Admiral Habibollah Sayyari commander of Iran''s Navy said the Damavand was ''faster and more agile than the Jamaran'' referring to Iran''s other new class destroyer a slightly bigger vessel deployed in Gulf waters.
The Damavand was originally due into service by August 2013 but no explanation was given for the delay in delivery.
Much of Iran''s naval equipment dates from before the revolution of 1979.
Three other destroyers of the same type as the Damavand are currently under construction in the south according to Iranian media.
The ship named Damavand after the country''s highest mountain is 90 meters long weighs 1300 tons and is armed with cruise missile systems torpedoes and electronic warfare equipment.
As state television showed pictures of the ship Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said it would be used to aid anti-drugs smuggling operations and counter-terrorism.
The Caspian the largest enclosed sea in the world is bordered by Iran Russia Azerbaijan Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan but there is as yet no definitive legal regime governing its waters.
Admiral Habibollah Sayyari commander of Iran''s Navy said the Damavand was ''faster and more agile than the Jamaran'' referring to Iran''s other new class destroyer a slightly bigger vessel deployed in Gulf waters.
The Damavand was originally due into service by August 2013 but no explanation was given for the delay in delivery.
Much of Iran''s naval equipment dates from before the revolution of 1979.
Three other destroyers of the same type as the Damavand are currently under construction in the south according to Iranian media.
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